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| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Government Estate
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| native_name_lang = ta
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| type = [[Chennai Metro]] station
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| address = Anna Salai, Mount Road, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005
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| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0695762|80.2722682|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms}}
| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited
| line = {{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue}}
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| platforms = [[Island platforms]]
Platform-1 → [[Chennai International Airport metro station]] Platform-2 → [[Washermanpet metro station]]
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| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double Track]]
| parking = No
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| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| opened = {{Start date|2019|02|10|df=y}}
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| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Blue Line Route}}
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'''Government Estate metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|Metro]] railway station on the [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|Blue Line]] of the [[Chennai Metro]]. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, [[Washermanpet metro station|Washermanpet]]–[[Chennai International Airport metro station|Chennai International Airport]] stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of [[Chepauk]], [[Triplicane]] and [[Chintadripet]].

This metro station is very much useful for visitors to [[Ritchie Street]] and Ellis Road which are two very big commercial streets in Chennai city.

==History==
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===Etymology===
The station is named so because of the presence of the [[Omandurar Government Estate]] in the vicinity.

===Construction===

==The station==
The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-on-lic-thousand-lights-metro-stations-still-on/article26047385.ece|title=Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on|last=Sekar|first=Sunitha|date=21 January 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

===Structure===
Government Estate is underground Metro station situated on [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)]].

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===Station layout===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=390|Platform 1 → Toward [[Chennai International Airport metro station]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="390" |Platform 2 Toward ← [[Washermanpet metro station]]
|}

===Facilities===
List of available [[Cash machine|ATM]] at Government Estate metro station are

==Connections==
===Bus===
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] bus routes number 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1J, 2A, 3A, 5C, 6A, 11A, 11G, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 22B, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27B, 27BCUT, 27BET, 27E, 32, 38C, 40, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52P, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 118A, 138C, 188, 221, 221H, A1, A51, B18, D51, E18, M21C, M51R, serves the station from nearby Simson bus stand.<ref>http://www.mtcbus.org/</ref>

===Rail===
[[Chintadripet railway station]]

==Entry/Exit==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="70%"
|-
! align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#{{Chennai Metro color|Blue}};"| '''Government Estate metro station Entry/exits '''
|-
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A1
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A2
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A3
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A4
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==Gallery==
{{Empty section|date=February 2019}}

==See also==
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* [[Chennai]]
* [[Chintadripet]]
* [[Cooum River]]
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]]
* [[Chennai Monorail]]
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Chintadripet railway station]]
* [[Chennai International Airport]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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{{Chennai topics}}
{{Chennai Metro}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]

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